https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/nikon_canon.htm https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/... claims that was beca

https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/nikon_canon.htm https://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/... claims that was because they weren’t competitors yet: “Unfortunately, Nikon had not yet perfected a camera body. In fact, there was no Japanese camera that could compliment the NIKKOR lens. Then one day, Canon found its way to Nikon's door. The courtship was short and in 1934, the marriage was struck. The result you are seeing here: The first Japanese 35mm camera, which was made in 1935, and its Nikkor 50mm F3.5 lens. NlKKOR lenses continued to be used in Canon cameras until 1948, when Nikon created its first camera, the Nikon 1.”